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18 unusual facts about Yugoslavia


1942–43 Serie C

Istrian sides had to leave the league after annexation of the region by Yugoslavia.

Antártica Chilena

Puerto Williams and Porvenir were established in the late 19th century, mainly by Western European immigrants (esp. from British Isles, Scandinavia and the former Yugoslavia) and navigators in cruise ships and fish boats.

Bert Hoyle

During the Second World War he continued to play football in the services while serving in Italy, Yugoslavia and Greece.

Chess theory

In 1966, the first volume of Chess Informant was published in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, containing 466 annotated games from the leading chess tournaments and matches of the day.

Daniel Shanahan

Professor Shanahan received his PhD from Stanford, and was twice Senior Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies, once in Yugoslavia and once in Czechoslovakia.

Đorđe Stefanović

was an athlete who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he was eliminated in the opening round of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase.

Linz Airport

On 8 January 1968, Douglas C-47B YU-ABK of Jugoslovenski Aerotransport was operating an international scheduled cargo flight from Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany to Pleso Airport, Zagreb, Yugoslavia when a fire developed in one of the engines.

Mahabad Dam

It was built before Islamic revolution by Yugoslavian engineers and is one of ten largest dams in Iran.

Mike Buncic

Michael ("Mike") Buncic is a former NCAA record holder in the discus, born to Yugoslavian parents.

Momo Kapor

The generations of people from former Yugoslavia were connected through Kapor's writings which have become best sellers in Zagreb's house of "knowledge" and its famous library "hit".

No. 148 Squadron RAF

It dropped men and materiel behind enemy lines in the occupied countries such as Yugoslavia, Poland etc.

Okwesilieze Nwodo

He continued his studies at the Royal College of Surgeons, London (1980) and the Belgrade Medical School, Yugoslavia (1980–84), gaining an MB.BS in Medicine and Surgery.

Rrahman Morina

In 1988, Morina was installed as leader of the Kosovan wing of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, due to the "anti-bureaucratic revolution", Milošević-orchestrated removal of Azem Vllasi and Kaqusha Jashari from the Kosovan party leadership, as he was one of very few non-Slavic opponents of tendencies of Kosovan separatism.

Serbian Figure Skating Championships

The Serbian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro prior to 2006 and Yugoslavia prior to 2002).

Thomas Dufter

Dufter's lone individual victory was in a World Cup event at Planica, Yugoslavia in 1990.

Verano azul

It was also broadcast in Latin America, Portugal, France and some Slavic countries like Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

VFA-14

Once past the Rock of Gibraltar, VF-14 began flying air superiority and reconnaissance missions in the Adriatic Sea in support of UN policies in the former Yugoslavia.

VFA-37

From October 1992 to April 1993, the Bulls deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and were key participants in Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq and Operation Provide Promise in the airspace near the former Yugoslavia.


.yu

After the Yugoslav wars broke out, SFR Yugoslavia dissolved and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed, but was under international sanctions at the time.

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

KK Crvena Zvezda defeated Spartak Brno in the final, held in Udine, to become the first Yugoslav team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by KK Crvena Zvezda itself and Jugoplastika Split in the two previous finals.

1980 Thayer Tutt Trophy

It was held from March 8–16, 1980 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

AP Vojvodina

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, SFR Yugoslavia (1990-1992), FR Yugoslavia (1992-2003), Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006), independent Serbia (since 2006)

Argentina at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Boris Bandov

Boris Bandov (born November 23, 1953 in Livno, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian-American soccer player who currently coaches youth soccer.

Borislav Stevanović

Born in Titova Mitrovica, Stevanović played club football in Yugoslavia, Spain and Romania for Radnički Niš, Mérida, Rad, Zemun, Universitatea Craiova and BASK.

Branka Sovrlić

Branka Sovrlić (born in Mostar, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian singer.

Butcher of the Balkans

Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), the former president of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Creation of Yugoslavia

Adam Czartoryski in the early 19th century was one of the conceivers of Yugoslavia.

Crypto-Christianity

Due to the religious strife that has marked the Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia, instances of crypto-Christian behavior are reported to this day in Muslim-dominated areas of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Turkey.

Dušan Makavejev

His 1971 movie W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (starring Milena Dravić, Jagoda Kaloper, and Ivica Vidović) was banned in Yugoslavia due to its sexual and political content and resulted in Makavejev's exile from the country until 1988.

Duško Vujošević

As head coach of the junior national team of Yugoslavia (players born in 1970), Vujošević won the 1988 European Under-18 Championship in Titov Vrbas and Srbobran.

Đogani

Đorđe Ðogani "Đole", a former track and fielder for Red Star Belgrade and international representant of Yugoslavia, founded the group in 1992, with his then wife Slađana "Slađa" Delibašić.

Đuro Salaj

Between 1930 and 1944 he was the Communist Party of Yugoslavia representative with the Comintern, stationed in the Soviet Union.

Erroll Fraser

Erroll Canute Fraser (July 30, 1950 – December 24, 2002) was an ice speed skater from the British Virgin Islands, who represented his native country in at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia at the age of 33.

Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

First Austrian Republic

In 1919, the state of German Austria was dissolved by the Treaty of Saint Germain, which ceded German-populated regions in Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia, German-populated Tyrol to Italy and a portion of southern land to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Kraljevina Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca, or SHS) also known as Yugoslavia.

Goran Nerić

Goran Neric (born in Goražde, Yugoslavia) is an international (Canada, France, USA) filmmaker and cinematographer.

Gradina, Virovitica-Podravina County

Slavko Šajber, Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia

Ilija Stanić

Ilija Stanić (born 19 October 1945 in Colopeci near Konjic, Yugoslavia) was an agent of UDBA Yugoslav secret police, who is believed to have assassinated Vjekoslav Luburić, a Croatian Ustasha General responsible for war crimes in Jasenovac concentration camp during World War II.

Ivković

Milutin Ivković (1906–1943), Serbian football defender, played for Yugoslavia at 1928 Summer Olympics

John Flournoy Montgomery

Montgomery was clearly expected to watch over the political intrigues not only in Budapest but, from his central location on the Danube, to monitor the goings-on in Hungary’s neighbors (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) and other countries in the region as well, including Bulgaria, Poland, Germany and Italy.

Joseph Kruk

Kruk was a member of the executive between June 1928 and October 1930, sharing the seat with the Yugoslav socialist leader Živko Topalović (like Drobner had done as well).

Jouko Vesterlund

Jouko Valdemar Vesterlund (born May 1, 1959 in Rovaniemi) is a former speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Lotika Zellermeier

Lotika Zellermeier (Cyrillic: Лотика Цилермајер, Serbian Latin: Lotika Cilermajer) (1860, Kraków, Poland – 1938, Višegrad, Yugoslavia) was the inspiration for the main character from the 1961 Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić’s novel The Bridge on the Drina.

Mart Bax

He also wrote extensively about the pilgrimage center Medjugorje in the former Yugoslavia.

Marvin Johnson

Johnson lost to Matthew Saad Muhammad and Lottie Mwale in the build-up but won a world title—the WBC light heavyweight version—from fellow southpaw Mate Parlov of Yugoslavia with a 10th-round KO in Italy in December 1978, then lost that same title the following April, in front of his hometown Indianapolis fans, in a rematch to Muhammad in what was perhaps 1979's Fight of the Year for many observers.

Medet Serhat

In 1977, he attended the International Lawyers Meeting in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

Miroslav Ilić

Nicknamed Slavuj iz Mrčajevaca (The Nightingale from Mrčajevci), he has worked together with several popular Yugoslavian musicians such as Lepa Brena.

Mirsad Fazlagić

He is especially known internationally for being the captain of Yugoslavia during the 1968 European Football Championship, where they won silver by barely losing to the home side Italy after a two-legged final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Montenegrin Orthodox Church

In that vein they claim that in pre-Yugoslavia times, the independence of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church has been confirmed as late as 1905, by one of the best-known and well-traveled Balkan experts from the early 20th century, Mary Edith Durham.

Nebojša Čović

At the moment Čović came on board to lead the federation, FR Yugoslavia national team led by Duda Ivković were the reigning European champions, having returned to international competition following a four-year exile due to the UN embargo.

Nino Bule

Nino Bule (born 19 March 1976 in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a striker.

Novković

Đorđe Novković, (1943–2007), songwriter known for his work in SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina

RTVBiH (and consequently BHRT) grew out of RTV Sarajevo in 1992, one of eight principal broadcasting centers of former Yugoslavia, others being RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Beograd, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Pristina, and RTV Skopje.

Radivoje

Radivoje Janković (1889–1949), general of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Reformists of Vojvodina

It was founded in October 13, 1990 as the Alliance of Reformist Forces of Yugoslavia for Vojvodina (Savez reformskih snaga Jugoslavije za Vojvodinu) within the unified Yugoslav political movement from that time, whose founder was federal Yugoslav prime minister, Ante Marković.

Robert Starke

The following season Starke moved to Yugoslavia to play for HK Vojvodina of the IEL and Yugoslavian League.

Rudi Glöckner

He attracted considerable criticism for his part in the games between ADO Den Haag and West Ham United in the 1976 European Cup Winners Cup and Wales and Yugoslavia at Ninian Park, Cardiff in which the Welsh were eliminated in the quarter-final; Glockner had to be escorted from the field of play.

San Marino at the 1984 Winter Olympics

San Marino competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Šeki snima, pazi se

Considering football sensation Dragoslav Šekularac (nicknamed Šeki, hence the film's title) was probably the first sports superstar in Yugoslavia whose fame transcended sporting bounds, the popularity he enjoyed during his playing heyday was the main reason that Šeki snima, pazi se came about.

Tony Cliff

This debate was linked to other discussions on the nationalised industries in Britain and the increasingly critical stance of Haston and the RCP as to the leadership of the Fourth International with regard to Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia in particular.

Zehra Deović

Zehra Deović (born 1938) is a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Silvana Armenulić, Nada Mamula and Beba Selimović.

Žikica Jovanović Španac

Then, mounting the steps of the Local Town Hall, he fired into the air to summon the crowd with his two trade mark Webley Revolvers, giving a rousing speech that called upon the Proletarian Class of Yugoslavia to destroy the Beasts of Fascism, uttering the legendary words that became the rallying cry of the Yugoslav Communist Party: "Death to Fascism, Freedom for the People".

Zlatan Alomerović

Zlatan Alomerović was born in the former Yugoslavia city Priboj, located in Serbia.